new PoA pics

[sophiamcl]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "dan" <lunalovegood at s...> wrote:
> Oh my goodness, Draco looks so... so... uh... slashy?
> 
> Surprised, actually, that the set still has that Columbussy taint... 
> I mean, look...
> 
> dan

Eh? Enlighten me please. What does "slashy" mean in this context? (Does 
it have anything to do with the fan-fic term slash? If so, I *really* son't get it.) 
I like the fringe. I prefer this look to the slicked-back hair Columbus gave 
him. That hairdo had a certain charm in a fairy-talish, stereotype-way. The 
new Draco feels more contemporary, belonging to the real world rather than 
a story-book-nasty-kid-villain. Me like.

What's the Columbussy taint? Too sugarcoated, too magical? I'd love to 
hear your views. Of course Columbus is bound to be felt in this movie 
too--he's the producer and many of the sets are the same as in PS/CoS, so 
we will see some continuity in that department. Still, there will also be many 
new sets and Cuaron will have waved his wand over them to give them his 
personal brand of magic...Besides, even the old sets could be made to 
seem quite different with ligthing and how the filmings done.

BTW, that pic of Marge inflating was rather gruesome, I thought. It just 
looked a tad to "real," particularly the way her skin flushes and bulges at 
the throat. I guess I never really imagined  in detail how it would actually 
look if someone was inflated--and in a few months I won't have to, 
apparently. I'll see it for myself...Do you know what I'm trying to say? I guess 
I saw the scene as a cartoon bit, with her inflating like a baloon, but just like 
a baloon, not lika human being. Cuaron wants matter-of-fact magic. (Which 
is a good thing, since that's one of the things that makes Rowling's books 
so special: the matter-of-fact-ness of the fantastical in the WW) 

Also, Steve had a question about the pic of Harry in the courtyard. I agree 
with whoever said that it could be from when Harry is left behind on a 
Hogsmeade weekend. Even though it's an unfamiliar set, Cuaron may have 
decided that the courtyart should look different from the way it looked 
before. On the other hand, a castle of Hogwart's size must have several 
smaller courtyards, so this is just a diiferent one from where we've been 
previously.  

Is there any possibility though that this is part of Hogsmeade? I recall there 
was mention on the net about a sun dial garden set in Hogsmeade. 
However, Hogsmeade is a village, so maybe it wouldn'g feature anything as 
grand as the courtyard in the pic. Perharps it's more likely to be Hogwarts.

Loooove the horseless carriages. Instantly made me think of the invisible 
thestrals pulling them although they won't be introduced for another two 
movies.

BTW isn't this extremely early to release even a teaser-trailer? I know we 
want it as badly as someone parched would like a drimk of water, but it still 
seem awfully early. The premiere is still over six months away! Or is is just 
because the two previous movies were released in Nov, and WB wants to 
soothe us now that we have to wait until June?

Sophia